Solution process



Feb'. 3. .1925. 1,525,304

H. D. LATHROP ET AL SOLUTION PROCESS Filed Aug. 25, 1922 ramas Feb. 3,i925.

y 1,525,304 PATENTvv FFICE.

HARRY D. LATHROP AND WALTER H. rAULsoN, oF cmcAGdinLINoIs; SAID PAULsoNAssIGNoa To SAID' Larimer.

SOLUTION PROCESS.

Application led August 23, 1922. Serial No. 583,719.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it knownthat we, HARRY D. LATHROP.

and WALTER H. PAULsoN, citizens of the United States, and residents ofthe city .of c Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois,respectively, have invented certaln new and'useful Improvements inSolution Processes, of which the following' is a specification.

` @ur invention relates to a solution process, and more particularlyconcerns the making '1 of a solution of washing fluid to be introducedinto a tank or the like to be used for the purpose of washing bottles orsimilar articles, and has fo-r its rincipal object the provision of animproved) method of making a solution of washing fluid which will behighly ecient in psc,

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations V'alild arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings f' forming a part of this specication, and 1n which- Fig. 1, isa top plan view of the invention;

Fig. 2, is a vertical. sectional detail view Su taken substantially online 2;.-2 of Fig. l.

In carrying the .objects of the invention into effect, 5 indicates atank or'mixing receptacie having plug 6 for the purpose of draining thereceptacle when'occaslon requires. Pipe 7, is a water supply pipe,passage theret rough .beingfcontrolled by valve 8, of suitableconstruction. Pipe 7 is in communication with a horizontal pipe 9,located above tank 5 and extending approximately,` half-way across.Communicating with pipe 9"is a depending lead pipellQ-iliaving aninverted dish-shaped splasler. .11, preferably arranged an applicabledistance above the bottom 12 of tank 5, the distance being determinedwhen the device is in use.

- A lead-off pipe 13 communicates with tank 5 and is positioned adjacentto the top edge of the wall 14 of tank 5 and communicates with anejector (not shown) vof suitable construction or with the tank (notshown) into which it is desired to drain the solution of washing luid.

In the presentinstancewe prefer-.to fill the tank with soda to a' levelindicated by dotted line 15, the level of the soda solution ejectedthrough spla-sher bowl 11, the force of the water, which varies, stirsup the soda, at the bottom of the tank 5, and gradually filters to thetop of the soda .vhere thesolution is taken off by the lead-ofl` pipe 13to its destination.

In our improved method of making a sodaY solution, the soda will lastlonger, and retain a strong solution. In the old method of making 'asoda solution, the soda heretofore had been poured directly into thewashing fluid tank and dissolved in the water therein. This method iscostly and a large percentageof the pure soda is wasted, being carriedoff with the solution through the lead-off pipe to its destination. Inour method the solution is carried from the mixing tank through thelead-off pipe to its destination and very little if any at all of islcarried away by the solution.

lVhile we have illustrated the value of the invention by 'dissolvingthev soda to make av soda solution, it is to be thoroughly understoodthat any soluble substance adapted for the purpose can be used as well.

While We have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying our invention intoeffect, this'is capable ofvariation and modification without departing from the spirit of theinvention. We, therefore, 'do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction set forth, but desire to avail ourselves of suchvariations and modifications as come within the scope of the' appendedclaims.

lthe soda, that is the solid particles of soda,

2. A method of making a solution of near the bottom of said substancefor washing Huid consisting in partially filling spreading the water toagitate and dissolve 15 a tank, provided with an overflow, with saidsubstance and filter to the top thereof, Soda, directing water to thebottom of said and pass through said overflow. tank and soda to permitthe water to dis- In testimony whereof We have signed our solve Saidsoda. and filter to the top thereof names to this specification in thepresence of and pass through said overflow. two subscribing Witnesses.

3. A method of making a .solution of l washing fluid consisting offilling a tank, HARRYD- LATHROP- provided with an overflow, with asoluble WALTER H PAULSON substance, directing Water to the bottom ofWitnesses: said tank through asupply pipe having a M. KOHLMANN,

splasher plate at its discharge end embedded FRANK .M. JOHNSON.

